3. Standard(s): Standard 4 - The physically literate individual exhibits responsible personal and social behavior that respects self and others.
4. Objectives (observable behaviors) Students will work together in groups of five to build a pyramid using the materials they have been provided before the given time is up.
5. Assessment: Students will finish their task by creating a pyramid using whatever tactics they want from their internet searches.
6. Prerequisite Knowledge: Through questioning the teacher will find out what kind of skills the students think they need to complete the task. Are they designating a leader or observer. Do they have particular students piling up the pyramid. What kinds of communication are they using? Is there teamwork involved? Why is cooperation so important?
7. New Knowledge:When working on a team sometimes it is best to designate people with strong communication skills as the leader. That being said, there are some students who may be more reserved and want to be the leader, but do not know how to speak up about it. If there is a leader on the team, that does not mean they are only leading the group in the specific activity, but they are also recognizing what team members are not involved and how they can get them involved. This also means that they are observing and picking out who has strong points in different areas and who might need some help.
8. Class Time: There will be a warm up activity called "Have You Ever" at the beginning of the class for everyone to get comfortable with each other and maybe learn at least one new thing about their classmates.
Students will then be broken into groups and asked to talk about what teamwork is and what it looks and sounds like when a team is working together.
Students are then given their materials and directions.
9. Materials: Each group will be given 1 rubber band, 4 pieces of string, and 6 cups. They will also be given an iPad in which they will be filming their whole process of making the pyramid. They can use the internet to google information on how to make the pyramid. The two rules they have is they may not touch the cups with their hands at any time and once they begin filming their video they can no longer talk. After they are done, they will be making a screencastomatic of their project with a voice over of their whole process.
10. Connection (to real life): In all that you do in life there will be times that you need to work together with others in groups. Understanding why communication is important is going to be the ultimate outcome. Students need to be able to use verbal and nonverbal communication and recognize it at all times. Whether you are in school, your first job or at home with your family communication is always going to be occuring.
11. Differentiation: For students who cannot communicate nonverbally, give them a paper and pencil so they can write down their thoughts and still have communication with the group once they start the task.
12 Evaluation: By having the students create a screencastomatic in which they are all doing the voice over, I can evaluate what they have taken from the lesson. I can hear their thoughts about their successes and failures.
13. Homework or extension: The screencastomatic will be outside of the class. I can also have an extension to the lesson in which the students join another group and they can talk together about what worked and what did not work for them.
2. Curriculum Area: Cooperative Activities
3. Standard(s): Standard 4 - The physically literate individual exhibits responsible personal and social behavior that respects self and others.
4. Objectives (observable behaviors) Students will work together in groups of five to build a pyramid using the materials they have been provided before the given time is up.
5. Assessment: Students will finish their task by creating a pyramid using whatever tactics they want from their internet searches.
6. Prerequisite Knowledge: Through questioning the teacher will find out what kind of skills the students think they need to complete the task. Are they designating a leader or observer. Do they have particular students piling up the pyramid. What kinds of communication are they using? Is there teamwork involved? Why is cooperation so important?
7. New Knowledge:When working on a team sometimes it is best to designate people with strong communication skills as the leader. That being said, there are some students who may be more reserved and want to be the leader, but do not know how to speak up about it. If there is a leader on the team, that does not mean they are only leading the group in the specific activity, but they are also recognizing what team members are not involved and how they can get them involved. This also means that they are observing and picking out who has strong points in different areas and who might need some help.
8. Class Time: There will be a warm up activity called "Have You Ever" at the beginning of the class for everyone to get comfortable with each other and maybe learn at least one new thing about their classmates.
Students will then be broken into groups and asked to talk about what teamwork is and what it looks and sounds like when a team is working together.
Students are then given their materials and directions.
9. Materials: Each group will be given 1 rubber band, 4 pieces of string, and 6 cups. They will also be given an iPad in which they will be filming their whole process of making the pyramid. They can use the internet to google information on how to make the pyramid. The two rules they have is they may not touch the cups with their hands at any time and once they begin filming their video they can no longer talk. After they are done, they will be making a screencastomatic of their project with a voice over of their whole process.
10. Connection (to real life): In all that you do in life there will be times that you need to work together with others in groups. Understanding why communication is important is going to be the ultimate outcome. Students need to be able to use verbal and nonverbal communication and recognize it at all times. Whether you are in school, your first job or at home with your family communication is always going to be occuring.
11. Differentiation: For students who cannot communicate nonverbally, give them a paper and pencil so they can write down their thoughts and still have communication with the group once they start the task.
12 Evaluation: By having the students create a screencastomatic in which they are all doing the voice over, I can evaluate what they have taken from the lesson. I can hear their thoughts about their successes and failures.
13. Homework or extension: The screencastomatic will be outside of the class. I can also have an extension to the lesson in which the students join another group and they can talk together about what worked and what did not work for them.